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and then we get into this torah portion
which begins
right and these and these ordinances
it's a continuation of those ten
commandments further broken down on how
we can come close
and nurture our relationship through the
rest of creation
and because these laws and the justice
that really they they impart
because they're divine
they'll of course express a far
different and more profound truth than
any laws
that have been expressed up until that
time and really very different even in
the laws in the west today because a lot
of times we think the laws are built on
the judeo-christian system whatever that
means
but even in the west today where justice
is very much built around the idea that
the right that your right to swing your
fist ends where my face
begins
right
live and let live let's not hurt each
other
but in the torah we have an obligation
to proactively help each other an
obligation
right if you find a lost object it is a
mitzvah to return it
i remember learning all these laws in
grade school how you go about
advertising and you have to request see
my name special signs
that are unique to the object to make
sure that the person claiming it's
if you stumble on a lost object you
return it it's a sin
not to
or even the donkey of your enemy right
you know you've read the torah portion
you know where this is going
don't give your enemy that is burdened
right let's go to the verse chapter 23
verse 5.
if you see the donkey of someone that
you hate crouching
under its burden
should you refrain from helping him
you shall help repeatedly with him
the word used is azov
repeated twice to express really the
importance of it whenever the verbs are
conjugated like that
it shows how important it is it's
stressing it and that if such a
situation happens time and time again
you should help every single time
and now the sages and the talmud explain
further
that if you see the donkey of your
friend falling under the its burden at
the same time as the donkey of your
enemy
right the donkey of your friend of the
donkey of your enemy at the same time
who are you supposed to help intuitively
who do you think you're supposed to help
the donkey of your enemy
and so you've heard of unclass right
he's one of the greatest commentators
it's him and rashi that are pretty much
in every homage and every
pentateuch i think it's called
here's a beautiful reading of this he
reads the word
struggling under its burden
and and you should unload its burden as
you should unload
your
emotional
burden your emotional baggage
that you carry in your heart against him
that you can unload it with him this
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